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If you’re going to be in the Philadelphia region this weekend, a visit to the Motorsports 2013 show is definitely in order. It’s a racing trade exhibition, and one of the largest trade shows of any sort in the Philadelphia area, but it always, always, incorporates a strong measure of the Northeast’s short-track racing heritage. That takes place both in terms of meet-and-greets with legends of the past, and also with a strong helping of very significant restored race cars.

Here are some examples. In the foreground above is a restored big-block dirt Modified that Bobby Braxton raced during the 1970s at the storied Reading Fairgrounds in Pennsylvania. To the rear is another restoration, a Chevrolet Vega-bodied asphalt Modified once campaigned by the fallen Long Island NASCAR legend, Charlie Jarzombek. The early coupe below, photographed when it debuted recently at New Jersey’s Wall Stadium, is a very famous Garden State race car. It’s the Don House XL-1, restored as driven by Wally Dallenbach, who went from the New Jersey short tracks all the way to Indianapolis. The restoration was performed by former NASCAR crew chief and team owner Ray Evernham, himself a stellar veteran of the Saturday night Modified wars at Wall.

Motorsports 2013 runs January 18-20 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania, off U.S. 422 near Valley Forge. The show is organized by Len Sammons, editor and publisher of Area Auto Racing News. For a full lineup of appearances and more information, visit AARN.com.